Stand for hanging objects



Feb. 14, 1939. A. E BJERNEKULL STAND FOR HANGING OBJECTS was Filed June 20, 1938 Patented Feb. 14, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE Application June 20, 1938, Serial No. 214,844 In Sweden June 15, 1937 6 Claims.

My present invention refers to an improvement in stands for hanging objects.

Several objects of a delicate kind ought frequently to be stored in a hanging position, and

the present invention provides for a simple and eificient stand for supporting such objects in a manner so that they may be surveyably stored in great numbers within the smallest possible space, and may be taken down, shifted or replaced independently of each other.

Although the stand according to the invention may be used for storing of hanging objects of almost every kind, a typical example of the applicability of the same is for instance the storing of electric meters, when a large number are on hand in connection with electric power plants performing distribution of electric current in large cities, etc., such meters being marked in numerical order in different series. The invention makes it possizo ble without a time-wasting search to select from the stock any meter whatever without the necessity to move or displace any one of the others.

In the following, the invention is explained by reference to the accompanying drawing which 2.3 shows a preferable embodiment of the same. In

the drawing:--

Fig. 1 shows a portion of the stand seen in front view,

Fig. 2 shows the same portion in side elevation,

- 30 and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section at the line AB in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a hook member preferably to be used in connection with the stand, and

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of said hook member.

The stand consists of a number of spaced vertical standards I, which at advantage may be secured to the floor and the roofing of the locality in which the objects in question are to be stored. The said standards consist preferably of two U- beams of similar size and having their flanges facing each other and secured together for instance by means of welding, so that the standard as a whole gets a rectangular cross section enclosing a vertical channel. Besides the saving of material, the object of this construction is to provide smooth exterior surfaces leaving the smallest possible opportunity for collection of dust, and simplicity of cleaning, which is of the greatest importance in storing electric meters and several other objects.

The supporting members proper consist of a number of frames 2 made from L-irons and each of them being filled in by a plate 4 provided with perforations 3 positioned in rows, such combined frames and plates being freely disengageably supported by two adjacent standards so that they may be taken down or hung up according to will. The frames 2 together with the plates 4 are hung up in such a manner that they take a substantially vertical position, and they are of such a size and are supported in such a way that they completely fill in the vertical space between the standard, practically speaking.

The frames 2 are provided at their upper portion with sidewardly extending pins 5 adapted, when hanging up the frames, to engage with upwardly open recesses in plates 6 secured to the standards l and extending with their ends therefrom, so that the recesses adapted for engagement by the pins 5 are freely open at one side of the corresponding standard (see Fig. 2).

At a place corresponding to the lower edge of the frames, or adjacent to such edge, the standards are provided with sidewardly extending pins 7 having such an horizontal dimension that the inner edges of the frames will come to rest against said pins. In case of storing delicate objects such as electric meters, all of the pins 5 and I ought to be lined with a suitable soft cushion material, for instance rubber, so that vibrations perhaps occurring in the storage building due to traffic or running machinery shall be prevented from being transmitted to the objects supported by the frames, at least as far as possible. For the same purpose, a resilient rubber cushion may be placed between the lower ends of the standards and the flooring supporting the same.

In the embodiment shown in the drawing, the

stand is supposed to be double sided, i. e. provided with plates 6 which are shaped in such a manner that the frames may be hung up in pairs in opposition to each other at both sides of the standards. Obviously, this is not a necessity, but the said embodiment is chosen in order to save space as far as possible. From the same reason the frames 2 with the plates 4 are hung up so close to each other when mounted in vertical direction, that the uppermost frame in each vertical row of frames may be lifted down by disengaging the pins 5. With regard to the other frames in the same vertical row it will be necessary first to swing out the lower edge of the next upper frame by tilting the same around the pins 5 before the next lower frame can be raised to such an extent that it may be lifted down. Besides the saving of space, the additional advantage of this arrangement is that the lower frames cannot unintentionally be lifted off from their supporting plates 6 when rearranging or taking down the separate objects supported by the structure.

Each frame 2 and the corresponding plate 4 is intended to support a plurality of objects (meters), and preferably as great a number thereof as possible, so that substantially the whole surface of the plate is occupied by said objects. As the objects may vary in respect of size and shape (different types of meters), the perforations 3 ought to be positioned in such a way that a complete utilization of the whole plate surface is possible in spite of the different shape and size of the objects. A preferable location of the perforations is shown in the drawing, and therein the perforations are arranged in horizontal rows positioned rather close together, and with the perforations in two adjacent rows positioned in a staggered relation so that the perforations in one row will be at hand between the perforations in the adjacent row or rows. Still greater possibilities in this connection will be obtained in case the plates 4 are replaced by a sturdy wire netting or the like.

In case the objects are themselves provided with hooks, they may be directly hung up thereon in the perforations 3 or corresponding meshes of a wire netting, but frequently no such hooks are at hand on the objects, this being specifically true with regard to most of the electric meters, and then the objects are hung up on loose hooks of suitable kind, which are at first hooked into the perforations, or the like, so as thereafter to serve to support the objects by engagement with hanger eyes on, or other apertures in, the latter. The construction of the said loose hooks is preferably such that they cannot be released from the perforations 3 unless the object supported is at first lifted down from the corresponding hook. A hook construction of this kind is shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and it has a foot plate adapted to be pushed into a perforation when the hook mem ber proper takes a horizontal position, whereafter the hook is turned 90 downwardly so that the foot plate comes across the perforation at the rear side of the plate 4.

Although the embodiment of invention described in the foregoing is to be considered preferable from many aspects, it may naturally be modified in practice. The pins 5 need not necessarily be secured to the frames 2, but they may be secured to the standards I, in case the frames are provided with corresponding hooks which open downwardly. An equivalent to the pins 1 may also be provided on the frames and adapted to come to rest against the standards. The main point is that the frames may be taken down for cleaning also on the rear side, and for forming passages between the standards at any place where such passages are desired.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a supporting stand of the character described, a number of substantially vertical standards positioned in spaced relation, a number of substantially vertical frames adapted to be hung up on and between each pair of adjacent standards, pin and hook connections adapted freely disengageably to support each frame at opposite sides adjacent to the upper edge of the same, and an apertured sheet member mounted so as to fill in each frame and adapted releasably to support hook members carrying the objects to be stored.

2. In a supporting stand according to claim 1, the additional feature that the pin and hook connections are lined with a soft and shock absorbing material, preferably rubber.

3. In a supporting stand of the character described, a number of substantially vertical standards positioned in spaced relation, a number of substantially vertical frames adapted to be hung up on and between each pair of adjacent standards, pin and hook connections adapted freely disengageably to support each frame at opposite sides adjacent to the upper edge of the same, cushion means interposed between the pins and hooks in said connections, abutment means positioned at the lower portions of the frames and adapted in a horizontal direction to fix the position of the frames when being hung up on the standards, and an apertured sheet member mounted so as to fill in each frame and adapted releasably to support hook members carrying the objects to be stored.

4. In a supporting stand according to claim 3, the additional feature that the horizontally acting abutment means are also adapted to act by the intermediary of cushion means.

5. In a supporting stand of the character described, a number of substantially vertical standards positioned in spaced relation, a number of substantially vertical frames adapted adjacent to their upper edges to be hingedly hung up substantially in the same vertical plane on and between each pair of adjacent standards by means of freely open pin and hook connections adapted to release the frames by moving them upwardly, the frames being positioned so close together counted in vertical direction that the lower edge of an upper frame must at first be swung out around the pin and hook connections before a lower frame can be moved upwardly sufficiently for releasing the said connections, and an apertured sheet member mounted so as to fill in each frame and adapted releasably to support hook members carrying the objects to be stored.

6. In a supporting stand according to claim 5, the additional feature that the pin and hook connections consist of pins affixed to the frames and hook means affixed to the standards.

AXEL EUGEN BJERNEKULL. 

